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conjuration (much less common than the vb.)
1. solemn appeal or entreaty, adjuration R2 III. ii. 23, H5 I. ii. 29 “Under this speak,” Rom. V. iii. 68, Ham. V. ii. 38 “An earnest from the king.”
2. incantation, charm 2H6 I. ii. 99, Oth. I. iii. 92.
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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